Britain's Armed Services Memorial ndi malo opanda phokoso, ovutitsa. Ali kumidzi yokongola ya Staffordshire, m'malo osungiramo mitengo pafupifupi 30,000 ndi udzu wosesa, ziwerengero zake za Homeric zimakondwerera kutsimikiza mtima ndi kudzipereka.
Mayina a amuna ndi akazi opitilira 16,000 aku Britain adalembedwa. Zolembazo zimati "anamwalira m'bwalo la zisudzo kapena akulimbana ndi zigawenga".
Patsiku lomwe ndinali komweko, womanga miyala anali kuwonjezera mayina atsopano kwa iwo omwe amwalira muzochitika zina za 50 padziko lonse lapansi panthawi yomwe imadziwika kuti "nthawi yamtendere". Malaya, Ireland, Kenya, Hong Kong, Libya, Iraq, Palestine ndi zina zambiri, kuphatikizapo ntchito zachinsinsi, monga Indochina.
Palibe chaka chomwe chadutsa chiyambire pamene mtendere unalengezedwa mu 1945 kuti dziko la Britain silinatumize magulu ankhondo kukamenya nkhondo za ufumuwo.
Palibe chaka chomwe chadutsa pamene mayiko, makamaka osauka ndi okhudzidwa ndi mikangano, sanagule kapena "kubwereketsa" zida za British kuti apititse patsogolo nkhondo, kapena "zokonda", za ufumu.
Ufumu? Ufumu wanji? Mtolankhani wofufuza Phil Miller adawulula posachedwa Zosazindikirika kuti Boris Johnson waku Britain adasunga malo ankhondo 145 - awatche maziko - m'maiko 42. Johnson adadzitamandira kuti Britain ikuyenera kukhala "mphamvu zapamadzi zotsogola ku Europe".
Pakati pavuto lalikulu kwambiri lazaumoyo masiku ano, pomwe maopaleshoni opitilira 4 miliyoni akuchedwetsedwa ndi National Health Service, Johnson adalengeza kuwonjezeka kwa ndalama zokwana $ 16.5 biliyoni zomwe zimatchedwa ndalama zodzitchinjiriza - chiwerengero chomwe chingabwezeretse ochepera. -othandizira NHS nthawi zambiri.
Koma mabiliyoniwa si achitetezo. Britain ilibe adani ena kupatula omwe ali mkati mwawo omwe akupereka chidaliro cha anthu ake wamba, anamwino ake ndi madotolo, osamalira ake, okalamba, osowa pokhala ndi achinyamata, monga momwe maboma a neo-liberal adachitira, Conservative ndi Labor.
Ndikuyang'ana bata la National War Memorial, posakhalitsa ndinazindikira kuti panalibe chipilala chimodzi, kapena plinth, kapena chipilala, kapena rosebush yolemekeza kukumbukira omwe adazunzidwa ku Britain - anthu wamba omwe anali mu "nthawi yamtendere" omwe amakumbukiridwa pano.
Palibe kukumbukira anthu aku Libya omwe adaphedwa pomwe dziko lawo lidawonongedwa mwadala ndi Prime Minister David Cameron ndi ogwira nawo ntchito ku Paris ndi Washington.
Palibe mawu achisoni kwa amayi ndi ana a ku Serbia omwe anaphedwa ndi mabomba a British, omwe adagwa kuchokera pamtunda wotetezeka pa masukulu, mafakitale, milatho, matauni, pa malamulo a Tony Blair; kapena kwa ana osauka aku Yemeni omwe adazimitsidwa ndi oyendetsa ndege aku Saudi ndi zida zawo ndi zolinga zoperekedwa ndi Britons muchitetezo cha air-conditioned cha Riyadh; kapena kwa Aaramu omwe anali ndi njala ndi "zoletsedwa".
Palibe chipilala cha ana aku Palestine omwe anaphedwa ndi mgwirizano wokhazikika wa a British Elite, monga kampeni yaposachedwa yomwe idawononga gulu laling'ono lokonzanso mkati mwa Labor Party ndi milandu yotsutsa-Semitism.
Masabata awiri apitawa, mkulu wa asilikali a Israeli ndi Chief of the Defense Staff ku Britain adasaina mgwirizano "kukhazikitsa ndi kupititsa patsogolo" mgwirizano wa asilikali. Izi sizinali nkhani. Mikono yambiri yaku Britain ndi thandizo lazantchito tsopano zifika ku boma losayeruzika ku Tel Aviv, lomwe zigawenga zake zimayang'ana ana ndi ma psychopaths amafunsa ana modzipatula. (Onani lipoti lodabwitsa laposachedwapa la Defense for Children, Payekha komanso Yekha).
Mwinanso chosiyidwa chochititsa chidwi kwambiri pachikumbutso cha nkhondo ya Staffordshire ndikuvomereza mamiliyoni aku Iraqi omwe miyoyo yawo ndi dziko lawo zidawonongedwa ndi kuwukira kosaloledwa kwa a Blair ndi Bush ku 2003.
ORB, membala wa bungwe la British Polling Council, akuti chiwerengerochi chinali 1.2 miliyoni. Mu 2013, bungwe la ComRes lidafunsa gulu la anthu aku Britain kuti ndi ma Iraqi angati omwe adamwalira pakuwukiraku. Ambiri adati osakwana 10,000.
Kodi kukhala chete koopsa koteroko kumatheka bwanji m'chitaganya chamakono? Yankho langa nlakuti nkhani zokopa nโzothandiza kwambiri mโmadera amene amadziona kuti ndi omasuka kusiyana ndi maulamuliro opondereza ndiponso opondereza. Ndikuphatikiza kuwunika mosadukiza.
Makampani athu ofalitsa nkhani - ndale komanso chikhalidwe, kuphatikiza ma TV ambiri - ndi amphamvu kwambiri, opezeka paliponse komanso oyeretsedwa padziko lapansi. Mabodza akulu amatha kubwerezedwa mosalekeza m'mawu otonthoza, odalirika a BBC. Zosiyidwa palibe vuto.
Funso lofananalo likukhudzana ndi nkhondo ya nyukiliya, yomwe chiwopsezo chake "n'chopanda chidwi", kunena mawu a Harold Pinter. Dziko la Russia, lomwe ndi dziko lamphamvu zanyukiliya, lazunguliridwa ndi gulu loyambitsa nkhondo lotchedwa Nato, ndipo asilikali a ku Britain โamayendaโ nthawi zonse mpaka kumalire kumene Hitler anaukira.
Kuipitsidwa kwa zinthu zonse zaku Russia, makamaka chowonadi chambiri chomwe Red Army idapambana kwambiri Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse, chimayikidwa mu chidziwitso cha anthu. Anthu aku Russia "alibe chidwi", kupatula ngati ziwanda.
China, yomwe ilinso ndi mphamvu ya nyukiliya, ndiyomwe imayambitsa chiwopsezo chosatha, pomwe oponya mabomba aku America ndi ma drones amafufuza malo ake nthawi zonse ndipo - hooray - HMS Queen Elizabeth, wonyamula ndege waku Britain wa ยฃ3billion, posachedwa kuyenda ma 6,500 mailosi kuti akakamize "ufulu woyenda. โ pafupi ndi dziko la China.
Maziko okwana 400 aku America azungulira China, "m'malo ngati chingwe", yemwe kale anali wokonza mapulani a Pentagon anandiuza. Amafalikira kuchokera ku Australia, ngakhale Pacific mpaka kum'mwera ndi kumpoto kwa Asia ndi kudutsa Eurasia.
Ku South Korea, njira yoponya mizinga yotchedwa Terminal High Altitude Air Defense, kapena THAAD, imayang'ana ku China kudutsa Nyanja yopapatiza ya East China. Tangoganizani zoponya zaku China ku Mexico kapena Canada kapena kugombe la California.
Zaka zingapo pambuyo pa nkhondo ya Iraq, ndinapanga filimu yotchedwa Nkhondo Simukuwona, momwe ndinapempha atolankhani otsogolera a ku America ndi British komanso akuluakulu a nkhani za pa TV - anthu omwe ndimawadziwa ngati anzanga - chifukwa chiyani Bush ndi Blair analoledwa kuti achoke ndi upandu waukulu ku Iraq, poganizira kuti mabodzawo sanali ochenjera kwambiri.
Yankho lawo linandidabwitsa. Akadakhala kuti "ife", adatero - omwe ndi atolankhani komanso owulutsa, makamaka ku US - adatsutsa zomwe White House ndi Downing Street adachita, adafufuza ndikuwulula mabodza, m'malo mowakulitsa ndikuwafotokozera, kuwukira kwa Iraq ku 2003 mwina. sizikadachitika. Anthu osaลตerengeka akanakhala amoyo lerolino. Othawa kwawo mamiliyoni anayi sakanathaลตa. ISIS yoyipa, yopangidwa ndi kuwukira kwa Blair / Bush, mwina sikunapangidwe.
David Rose, ndiye ndi London Wopenya, yomwe idathandizira kuwukirako, idafotokoza "mabodza ambiri omwe adandipatsa ine ndi kampeni yodziwika bwino yopha anthu". Rageh Omah, yemwe anali munthu wa BBC ku Iraq, anandiuza kuti, "Tinalephera kukanikiza mabatani ovuta kwambiri". Dan M'malo mwake, nangula wa CBS, adavomera, monganso ena ambiri.
Ndinachita chidwi ndi atolankhani awa omwe adasokoneza bata. Koma iwo ndi olemekezeka kupatulapo. Masiku ano, ng'oma zankhondo zili ndi oimba atsopano komanso okondwa kwambiri ku Britain, America ndi "West".
Sankhani pakati pa gulu lankhondo la Russia ndi China basher ndi olimbikitsa zopeka monga Russiagate. Oscar wanga amapita kwa Peter Hartcher wa Sydney Morning Herald, amene chiwopsezo chake chosasunthika chokhudza "chiwopsezo chomwe chilipo" (cha China / Russia, makamaka China) chinawonetsedwa ndi Scott Morrison yemwe akumwetulira, PR yemwe ndi nduna yayikulu ya Australia, atavala ngati Churchill, V kwa chizindikiro cha Victory ndi onse. "Osati kuyambira 1930s ...." awiri a iwo analankhula. Ad nauseum.
Covid wapereka chivundikiro cha mliriwu wabodza. Mu Julayi, Morrison adatengera malingaliro ake kwa Trump ndikulengeza kuti Australia, yomwe ilibe mdani, idzawononga $ 270 biliyoni pakuputa imodzi, kuphatikiza mizinga yomwe ingakafike ku China.
Kuti kugula kwa China kwa minerals ndi ulimi ku Australia kunapangitsa kuti chuma cha Australia "chikhale chopanda chidwi" ku boma ku Canberra.
Atolankhani aku Australia adakondwera pafupifupi ngati m'modzi, akupereka mvula yachipongwe ku China. Ophunzira masauzande ambiri aku China, omwe adatsimikizira malipiro onse a ma vice-chancellor aku Australia, adalangizidwa ndi boma lawo kuti apite kwina. Anthu aku China aku Australia anali ankhanza ndipo onyamula katundu adamenyedwa. Tsankho lachitsamunda silivuta kuyambiranso.
Zaka zingapo zapitazo, ndinafunsa mkulu wakale wa CIA ku Latin America, Duane Claridge. M'mawu ochepa otsitsimula moona mtima, adafotokoza mwachidule mfundo zakunja za "Western" monga zidakhazikitsidwa ndikuwongolera ndi Washington.
Akuluakulu, adati, amatha kuchita zomwe akufuna pomwe akufuna nthawi iliyonse "zabwino" zake. Mawu ake anali akuti: โDzizolowere, dziko.โ
Ndanenapo za nkhondo zingapo. Ndaona mabwinja a ana ndi akazi ndi okalamba akuphulitsidwa ndi mabomba ndi kuwotchedwa mpaka kufa: midzi yawo yasakazidwa, mitengo yawo yophwanyika itakongoletsedwa ndi ziwalo za anthu. Ndi zina zambiri.
Mwina nโchifukwa chake ndimadana kwambiri ndi anthu amene amalimbikitsa upandu wa nkhondo yolusa, amene amachinyengerera ndi chikhulupiriro choipa ndiponso mwachipongwe, pomwe iwowo sanakumanepo nazo. Kulamulira kwawo kuyenera kuthetsedwa.
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